John C. Goodman, The May 3 assault on a Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas, prompted much discussion about the assailants’ connections to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL, and Daesh. Did ISIS run them as agents? Are they part of a new network of terror in the West? There is no domestic… [Read More]
School freaks out over boys baseball storage shed
You’d best get out your hip waders, folks – we’re about to wade through a steaming pile of government balderdash. The controversy surrounds a storage shed built by the baseball booster club at Arbor View High School in Las Vegas. The youngsters needed a place to store their bats and balls and bases. The boosters… [Read More]
School settles ‘sextortion’ suit after allegations boys pressured girls for nude photos
An Oregon school district has agreed to pay $225,000 to three girls who claimed in a lawsuit they were bullied into sending nude photos of themselves to boys at their middle school. The girls alleged in a 2013 “sextortion” lawsuit against the Clatskanie School District that the boys traded the embarrassing pictures like baseball cards… [Read More]
School named after war hero forces child to shave off military-style haircut
Adam Stinnett looks up to his older stepbrother – a soldier in the U.S. Army. So when it came time to get a haircut, the seven-year-old told his mother he wanted a basic military-style cut. And that’s exactly what he got – high and tight – just like his stepbrother. Adam got his haircut on… [Read More]
My Gender Is ‘Fill In The Blank’
Michael Brown, Now that Time Magazine has told us that transgender is the new black, I’m going to say something politically incorrect: Your gender is not whatever you think it is. Put another way, there is no such thing as, “My gender is ‘fill in the blank.’” Unfortunately, Facebook didn’t get the memo, and so,… [Read More]
‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Word Search Puzzles Given to Middle School Students
Terms include “bondage,” “handcuffs,” “leather cuffs” and “spanking” A Pennsylvania school district is under fire after middle school children were given “Fifty Shades of Grey” themed word search puzzles. Based on the popular erotic romance novel and upcoming film, the puzzle includes such sexual terms as “bondage,” “handcuffs,” “leather cuffs” and “spanking.” According to numerous… [Read More]
School District May Screen Students For Depression, Anxiety In Classroom
“…idea is to get students to talk about something they may hide from their parents or not even understand what is happening” Minnesota’s largest school district is discussing screening high school students for depression and anxiety in the classroom. As part of a state grant to improve mental health services, Anoka-Hennepin schools could offer a… [Read More]
Nation’s second-largest school district plans to expand dinner program
The nation’s second-largest school district is eyeing a move to offer dinner to students at every school. Students at Kingsley Elementary in Los Angeles eat breakfast, lunch provided for them by the school as well as dinner. The trend around the nation is continuing as nearly 1 million students are served dinner or an after-school… [Read More]
School District to Stop Interrogating Christian Homeschool Kids
Todd Starnes, A Virginia school district has decided to scrap a policy that allowed it to interrogate Christian homeschool teenagers and their parents about their religious beliefs. Last November Douglas Pruiett and his wife received a letter from Goochland County Public Schools about updated procedures to the district’s requests for religious exemptions for homeschool students…. [Read More]
School wrong to fire teacher who gave Bible to student
A New Jersey school district violated the law when it fired a teacher who handed a Bible to a student, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled on December 15, 2014. The ruling was made public Tuesday. The EEOC determined there was reasonable cause to believe the Phillipsburg School District discriminated against Walt Tutka, a… [Read More]
Update: Phildelphia, 5 Dead in Montco killings Person taken by ambulance from Souderton standoff
SOUDERTON, Pa. (WPVI) — A person was taken out of a home on a stretcher and put into an ambulance at the location of a barricade situation in Souderton, Pa. amid a killing spree in Montgomery County. It is not known who that person was. Action News reporter David Henry, at the scene of the… [Read More]
Parents angry after school tells 13-year-olds they can have sex, choose gender
Students at one northern California high school are learning more than just the birds and the bees. Along with local area groups, some parents are irate that their children’s sex ed class at Acalanes High School in Lafayette is being taught by employees of Planned Parenthood without their prior knowledge. They are also fuming over… [Read More]